Daft names

[Robert Poste's Child]

Zak makes me a bit twitchy.

[Salsaboy]

Met someone years ago who had just christened their baby boy Huxtable, Hux for short.

Also heard a boy being called Simeon.

The mind boggles.

[Help-Ma-Boab]

I'm hoping for twins.

Chakademis & Pliers

[Milan05]

This is completely true - visiting Kings' maternity ward, got chatting to the mother of lovely newborn twins, named Giorgio and Armani. Years later at the playground at Brockwell Park, heard those names being called out to each other on the swings and saw them as 5/6 year olds! Fabulous.

[steveo]

Oh, I like that

Ralph and Lauren, completely feasible. Vera and Wang probably less so

[Pugwash]

With many people in multi cultural relationships we will have more 'unusual' names.

In my family with have a Morgan (girl) Owen, Nathan, Lewis, Tia, James, Kasha (anglicised from Polish Kesia) Lukas (Polish version of Luke)

I also heard of a Sheridan (male) and Cerise.

[Nigello]

Sheridan was a girl I used to know so I am surprised to see it as a male name. I like the way Scots, Irish and Welsh names are popular in their respective countries. I think the rise in the No of Jacks, Harrys, Mabels, Rubys, Henrys, Ethels, etc, could be a similar occurrence in England.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Sheridan used to be a boy's name - remember Sheridan Morley, the critic, son of Robert? Not to mention the son of Hyacinth Bucket.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

I knew a shepherd called Beverley. Only see it used for girls these days. Same with Hilary.

[Seabag]

I really did hear a 'Chardonnay' once in Dulwich Park

Poor kid must be about 16 now

[steveo]

A mate of mine swears this is true. He was at a BBQ at Terry Jones's house in Grove Park. And so was Terry's cleaning lady and her young sons.

He says Terry came out from the kitchen with a tray and shouted to the boys 'Ghengis! Adolf! Pizza!

[????]

Pizza's not a bad name Steveo

[steveo]

Thick crust

[Otta]

steveo Wrote:

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> A mate of mine swears this is true. He was at a

> BBQ at Terry Jones's house in Grove Park. And so

> was Terry's cleaning lady and her young sons.

>

> He says Terry came out from the kitchen with a

> tray and shouted to the boys 'Ghengis! Adolf!

> Pizza!

I can believe the story, but I went to school (year below) with one of his sons (no idea if he has more than one), and his name was Bill.

[Nigello]

Yvonne, Darren, Sandra, Janice, Jacqueline, Trevor, Barry, Helen - can't see them ever making a comeback any time soon.

[steveo]

T'was the cleaning lady's sons

[uncleglen]

Hilary Benn, Dr Hilary Jones....Shirley Crabtree....

When I first started teaching I would call the register and Aaron would be pronouned 'Air-on' by me (as in Moses' brother) but invariably the child would argue that it was pronounced 'Aran' as in the island?

[lavender27]

Jesus. Eve and Adam. Haven't heard those for years.

[steveo]

Ezekiel? Zeus? Cain, Loki. I guess they could get madder.

Frank Zappa's daughter was called Moon Unit

I think I'll change the thread name

[titch juicy]

It's the obviously American style names that leave me cold- I have colleagues with children called Tyler, Taylor, Harrison and Maddison.

[teddyboy23]

As seabag said the name chardonnay.now there's a name you could WINE about😀

[Chick]

siousxiesue Wrote:

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> Milan05 Wrote:

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> > I know an 'Elias', ancient Greek.

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> I saw a Dad running after his toddler recently,

> calling out 'Plato, Plato'

Maybe he meant platospaghetti.

[malumbu]

I've known a couple of Beverley (males) both would now be between 60 and 90 suggesting that it was a bloke's name. What a great term bloke is, and geezer too. They'd make great names.

Mate was dog sitting for 'Scrotum' and 'Retch' walking around the park shouting their names. John Seldom Gummer called his dogs Saddam and soemthing like Tariq (it wasn't Tariq but another henchman)

What about Renton?

[uncleglen]

Yes Bill Jones went to Haberdasher Askes's at New Cross.

And Beverley Nichols was a male writer

[zenoria65]

In La Gastronomia last week, mother calling out for her daughter "Sequoia, Sequoia darling".....